NationMaster - Bhutanese Environment statistics

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	3.16 % of GNI	[5th of 57]
Areas under protection	10	[115th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	1.09 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	[75th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	388.4	[153rd of 178]
Current issues soil erosion; limited access to potable water
Ecological footprint	0.79	[134th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%	[134th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	67.98 % of land area	[15th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	31,950 km²	[87th of 195]
Known mammal species	160	[59th of 145]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.07 thousand metric tons/squ	[134th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	105	[166th of 199]
Protected area	21.2	[9th of 147]
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.	15,000	[10th of 11]
SO2 emissions per populated area	30 thousand metric tons/squ	[141st of 141]
Threatened species	36	[58th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	20	[36th of 160]
Water > Availability	14.08 thousand cubic metres	[34th of 141]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	18.52 %	[2nd of 114]
Wildness	1.76%	[84th of 141]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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